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UNIVERSITY  OF  ILLINOIS 
LIBRARY 


MEMORIAL 

the  Class  of  1901 

founded  by 

HARLAN  HOYT  HORNER 

and 

HENRIETTA  CALHOUN  HORNER 


August  1927 
The  Hodgenville  Chamber  of  Commerce 

Invites  You  To  Visit 

The  Lincoln  Birthplace  Memorial 


At  Hodgenville,  Kentucky 

"The  Nation's  Shrine" 


HOW  TO  GET  THERE 


By  Railroad — Illinois  Central— two  trains  daily,  except  Sunday:  from 
Louisville,  7:30  A.  M.  and  12;  10  P.  M.,  change  cars  at  Camilla  from  main  line 
to  Hodgenville  branch  line:  from  Hodgenville,  5:35  A.  M.  and  12:01  P.  M. 
Regular  fare  from  Louisville  to  Hodgenville  $1.94. 

By  automobile  from  Louisville,  by  Jackson  Highway,  paved  and  gravel 
road,  by  Bardstown  (40  miles),  New  Haven  (54  miles),  to  Hodgenville,  66 
miles.  From  Louisville,  by  Dixie  Highway  (U.  S.  Highway  No^31)  and  Eliza- 
bethtown  and  Hodgenville  road,  by  West  Point  (20  miles),  Camp  Knox  (31 
miles'i,  Eiizabethtown  (47  miles),  to  Hodgenville,  (58  miles),  Paved  to  point 
on  Hodgenville  and  Eiizabethtown  road  four  miles  from  Hodgenville,  re- 
mainder of  road  (4  miles)  under  construction,  but  to  be  completed  this  year 
(1927.) 

By  automobile  from  the  South-Dixie  Highway  (U.  S.  No.  31)  to  inter- 
section of  this  Highway  with  the  Eiizabethtown  and  Hodgenville  road,  at 
point  two  miles  south  of  Eiizabethtown,  then  by  latter  road  to  Hodgenville; 
or  by  Jackson  Highway  from  Glasgow  or  Horse  Cave,  by  way  of  Bear  Wallow 
and  Canmer.  From  Bear  Wallow  to  the  LaRue  County  line  (12  miles  south  of 
Hodgenville)  the  Jackson  Highway  is  rough  but  passable.  Toll  bridges  across 
Green  river,  at  Munfordville  on  the  Dixie  Highway  and  near  Can- 
mer on  the  Jackson  Highway. 

Regular  automobile  bus  service  between  Hodgenville  and  Eiizabethtown. 


WHAT  THERE  IS  TO  SEE 


1.  THE  LINCOLN  MEMORIAL  BUILDING,  on  the  Jackson  Highway, 
2  1 — 2  miles  south  of  Hodgenville,  sheltering  the  log  cabin  in  which  Abra- 
ham Lincoln  was  born.  Property  of  the  United  States  and  under  control  of 
the  War  Department.  Open  to  visitors  every  day  of  the  year.  The  Lincoln 
Farm,  on  which  the  Memorial  Building  stands,  consists  of  110  acres,  and  is 
part  of  a  tract  of  300  acres  which  was  owned  by  Thomas  Lincoln,  the  father 
of  Abraham  Lincoln,  from  December  1808  until  1816.  It  was  purchased  in 
1905  by  the  late  Robert  J.  Collier,  who  conveyed  it  in  1907  to  the  Lincoln 
Memorial  Association,  an  organization  of  thousands  of  contributors  to  a  fund 
solicited  through  Collier's  Weekly  for  the  purpose  of  erecting  and  caring  for 
the  Memorial.  A  card  index  of  these  contributors  is  kept  in  the  Memorial 
Building.  This  building  was  erected  at  a  cost  of  about  a  quarter  of  a  million 
dollars.  The  corner  stone  was  laid  by  President  Theodore  Roosevelt  on  the 
one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  birth  of  Abraham  Lincoln,  February  12, 
1909,  and  the  building  was  dedicated  by  President  Taft  on  November  9,  1911. 
The  property  was  turned  over  to  the  United  States  in  the  year  1916,  together 
with  an  endowment  fund  of  about  $50,000.00  for  its  upkeep,  and  was  received 
by  the  Secretary  of  War,  with  an  address  by  President  Woodrow  Wilson, 
on    September    4,    1916. 

2.THE  SINKING  SPRING,  at  the  foot  of  the  hill  on  which  the  Memorial 
/  Building  is  located,  and  just  to  the  left  ot  the  steps  leading  up  to  the  Memo- 
rial, was  the  source  of  domestic     water  supply_  of  the  Lincoln  family.     The 
original  cabin,  which  is  believed  to  have  been  built  by  David  Vance,  about  the 
year  1805,  owed  its  location  to  this  spring. 

3.THE  LINCOLN  STATUE  AT  HODGENVILLE  was  erected  from  ap- 
propriations of  $2,500.00  by  the  State  of  Kentucky,  $10,000.00  by  the  Con- 
gress of  the  United  States,  supplemented  by  private  subscriptions  to  the  a- 
mount  of  several  hundred  dollars.  It  is  the  work  of  A.  A.  Weinmann,  of  New 
York,  a  pupil  of  St.  Gaudens,  and  was  pronounced  by  Robert  T.  Lincoln  to  be 
a  "noble  statue"  of  his  father.  It  was  unveiled  May  31,  1909,  on  which  oc- 
casion the  principal  address  was  made  by  Henry  Watterson. 

4.THE  LINCOLN  KNOB  CREEK  FARM  is  on  the  Jackson  Highway, 
six  miles  northeastwardly  from  Hodgenville  and  1  1 — 4  miles  from  the  bridge 
on  the  Highway  at  the  foot  of  Muldraugh  Hill.  This  is  unmarked,  except  by  a 
small  sign  of  the  Louisville  Automobile  Club.  Here  Thomas  Lincoln  lived  from 
1811  until  his  removal  to  Indiana,  about  November,  1816,  listing  30  acres  of 
the  Knob  Creek  land  in  his  name  for  taxation.  Abraham  Lincoln  was  nearly 
eight  years  old  at  the  time  of  the  removal  of  the  family  to  Indiana.  In  his 
later  years  he  said  that  "his  earliest  recollections  were  of  the  Knob  Creek 
place". 

5.THE  SITE  OF  THE  SCHOOL  HOUSE  where  Abraham  Lincoln  attend- 
ed school  under  Caleb  Hazel  and  Zachary  Riney  is  on  the  Highway  about  two 
miles  east  of  the  Lincoln  Knob  Creek  Farm.  Supposed  site  of  school  house 
marked  by  sign  of  Louisville  Automobile  Club. 


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OTHER  INTERESTING  THINGS 


Within  the  corporate  limits  of  Hodgenville,  where  the  dam  is  across 
Nolynn  Creek,  is  the  site  of  Robert  Hodgen's  Mill  (established  in  1788), 
where  it  is  claimed  Abraham  Lincoln  went  to  mill,  and  near  by  was  the  Hod- 
gen  home,  which  for  many  years  before  Hodgenville  was  established  as  a 
town  (1818)  was  a  well  known  inn  or  "ordinary",  in  which  many  notables 
were  entertained,  including  the  French  traveler  Michaux,  in  January,  1796, 
and  the  exiled  Prince  Louis  Phillippe,  in  April,  1797. 

Two  miles  east  of  Hodgenvillejust  off  the  Jackson  Highway,  is  the  old 
STONE  HOUSE,  which  was  erected  early  in  the  last  century,  and  which 
Abraham  Lincoln  is  reported  to  have  said  was  one  of  the  few  objects  in  Ken- 
tucky which  he  remembered  from  his  childhood. 

A  mile  and  a  half  south  from  the  STONE  HOUSE,  and  a  quarter  of  a 
mile  off  the  road  leading  from  the  Jackson  Highway  to  the  Leafdale  post- 
office,  is  the  site  of  LITTLE  MOUNT  CHURCH  (now  down),  of  which  Will- 
iam Down  was  pastor  at  the  time  the  Lincoln  family  lived  on  Knob  Creek, 
and  of  which  Thomas  Lincoln  and  Nancy  Hanks  Lincoln  are  believed  to  have 
been  members.  It  is  thought  that  the  infant  brother  of  Lincoln  is  buried  in 
the  old  graveyard  at  LITTLE  MOUNT. 

About  twenty  miles  south  of  Hodgenville  and  three  miles  off  the  Jack- 
son Highway  from  Dowagiac  post-office,  is  the  site  of  old  AETNA  FURN- 
ace,  which  was  an  important  industrial  center  from  about  1818  until  about 
1850.  Little  is  to  be  seen  there  except  the  substantia1  old  brick  house  erected 
by  Jacob  Holderman,  the  first  proprietor  of  the  Furnace. 

On  the  north  side  of  Green  River,  between  the  Jackson  Highway  and  the 
Dixie  Highway  is  GLEN  LILY,  the  former  home  of  General  Simon  Boliver 
Buckner,  and  the  remains  of  the  old  Buckner  furnace,  of  which  the  General's 
father  was  one  of  the  owners. 

AT  ELIZABETHTOWN,  where  Thomas  Lincoln  lived  before  his  removal 
to  the  Sinking  Spring  Farm,  there  is  a  marker  in  the  court  house  yard  in  mem- 
ory of  Sarah  Bush  Lincoln,  the  President's  step-mother  who  was  married  to 
Thomas  Lincoln  in  Elizabethtown  in  1818.  The  site  of  the  Sarah  Bush  home 
in  Elizabethtown  is  indicated  by  a  tablet  on  a  garage  building  half  a  block, 
north  of  the  Court  House.  Many__interesting  records  pertaining  to  Thomas 
Lincoln  may  be  seen  in  the  Court  House  at  Elizabethtown. 


Four  miles  east  of  New  Haven  is  the  intesesting  TRAPPIST  ABBEY 
OF  GETHSEMANI. 

At  Bardstown,  one  of  the  oldest  towns  in  Kentucky,  is  the  Rowan  home- 
stead, now  owned  by  the  State,  and  known  as  the  "OLD  KENTUCKY  HOME", 
where  Foster  wrote  his  famous  song.  This  is  open  to  the  public  (admission 
twenty  five  cents). 

THE  BARDSTOWN  CATHOLIC  CHURCH  (formerly  Cathedral),  with 
its  rare  paintings,  said  to  have  been  presented  to  the  Church  by  Louis 
Phillippe,  is  open  to  visitors  at  certain  hours. 

THE  JOHN  FITCH  MONUMENT  on  public  square,  Bardstown. 

MAMMOTH  CAVE  is  fifty  miles  south  of  Hodgenville  and  ten  miles 
west_of  the  Dixie  Highway. 


Hotels  and  Restaurants  in  Hodgenville 


Lynn  Hotel  (north  side  of  Public  Square)  Modern  equipment.  American 
Plan. 

O'Bryan's  Hotel  and  Restaurant   (east  side  of  Public  Square).     Modern 
equipment.  European  plan. 

George- Ann  Restaurant  (west  side  of  Main  Street). 

Lincoln  Hotel  and  Boarding  House  (Near  I.  C.  Depot). 

(Large  parties  should  make  arrangements  in  advance  for  accommodations 
at  hotels.) 

Lincoln  Souvenirs  in  Hodgenville — 
Ladies  Lincoln  League. 

Smith's  Drug  Store   (west  side  of  Main  Street). 

Goff's  Drug  Store  (east  side  of  Main  Street). 

B.  Shacklette,  Jeweler  (north  side  of  Public  Square). 

Taxi  Service  in  Hodgenville — 
Hugh  Ray. 
Pete  Kennedy 


THu;  LADIES  LINCOLN  LEAGUE,  of  Hodgenville  is  a  voluntary  as- 
sociation of  ladies  which  has  for  its  object  the  care  and  preservation  of  the 
Lincoln  memorials  in  and  about  Hodgenville.  It  also  maintains  the  Lincoln 
League  Public  Library,  for  which  it  is  pleased  to  recieve  literature  pertain- 
ing to  Lincoln. 


(This  folder  prepared  for  the  Hodgenville  Chamber  of  Commerce  by  0. 
M.  Mather,  of  Hodgenville,  Ky.  Send  postage  to  Secretary  of  Hodgenville 
Chamber  of  Commerce  for  additional  copies.) 


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